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VERRIE L WIGHTMAN.

Car Coupling.

No. 97.250. Patented Nov. 23, 1869.

l l x N. FUER?,A PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D c cited 'taire and l HENRY B. -VIIRRIE Anjo DANIEL e. wIcIITIuIui,` or NORTH KINGSTON,

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vLetters Patent No. 97,250, dated iYovembe/r 23, 1869,

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IMPROVED CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

by means of circular disks, into which the connectinglink enters on the approach ofthe cars, and ou turning a shaft connected with the disks, and surmounted by a wheely in the hands of the brakeinan, the said link is locked and held firmly iintil a reverse movement ofthe shaft and-disks, when the carsv are uncoupled, as we will further'explain by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of ourinvention; Figure 2, a plan or top view;V

Figure 3, a vertical section, showing linkin action;

Figure 4, a horizontal. section on a: x; Figure 5, alperspective view of the toothed disk;

Figure 6, a view of the coupling-shaft, so applied as to be operated from the roof of a i'reightcar.

In the said drawings- A is thewdrum which encloses the disks. l

This drum basa Haring niouth or buffer, B, into which the connecting-link lC enters as the cars approach.4 v

yD D2 are the disks, having entrance-openings, e e, into whichnthehlink O enters, and recesses, j' f, into which' the link in like manner enters, and is held by.

the disks. t

G is the key or coupling-shaft, on which the disks are made fast, and by which theyare operated. This shaft may extend above the roof -when the coupling is used on freight-cars, as shown in iig. 6.

And tis a portion of the drum, which acts `as a.

bunter in sustaining the coupling-shaft, as the link Ov is forced against it.

On the upper side of the drum, and attached to the shaft Gs the lock, consisting ofA an arm, h, attached to the shaft, and catchesfk attached to the drum,

for the purpose of locking the car-coupling, as will be hereinafter explained.

L is another lock, consisting of a cup, M, attached to the shaft G, and a drop-catch, N, this lock being intended for freight-cars, while oneorboth locks could be used if desired; and

0 is the rod or draw-bar by which the coupling is attached to the frame embraced by rubber or other springs in the usual manuel'.

The operation of our invention is sfollows:

As the cars approach each other, the link @will enter the flaringmonth B of the drum, and through the openings e e into the recesses f f, in the disks l) D. Nom-by laying hold of the hand-wheel g, on the. Vcoupling-shaft G, and turning the disks half round, or

until the arm h is moved round from the catch k to ,the catch k", the coupling-link 0 will be firmlyheld and locked until a reverse movement of the couplingshafts and disks, whenvthe coupling will he unlocked, and when it .may be desired to luck or unlock the coupling by aperson standing on the road, outside of the cars, by layiughold of the rack I), which engages with the toothed disk D2, and drawing or pushing the 'rack backward, the disks will be rotated,- and the arm h carried from the catch. 7a to the catchy k2, for locking' the'coupling, and by a reverse movement will be un-' locked.

XVe would remark that because of the circular recesses in the disks, the coupling will adapt itself to the cars while rounding curves, and will, holdthe cars the key o1 coupling-shaft G, and link C, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes described and set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto. set our sigf natures, this 8th day of October, A. Di 1869;A

- HENRY B. VERRIE.

DANIEL G. WIGHTMAN. Witnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, J Amos GRANDALI..

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